Phonograph-record file



May 15; 1923.

E. c. BRIGGS PHONbGRAPI-l RECORD FILE Filed March 2. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented May 15, 1923.

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Application filed. March 2, 1921. Serial No. 449,169.

To all whom; it may concern: Be it known that I, EUGENE C. BRIGGS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Norwood, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Phonograph-Record Files, of which the fol' lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cabinets particularly designed for holding phonograph records, though in a broader aspect of the invention having other and more general fields of usefulness. A principal object is to provide an improved cabinet equipped with means for holding a maximum number of records in a manner so that any desired record may be quickly and easily inspected without withdrawing the same from its pocket and facilitating'the selection of the desired record. A further object is to provide an improved mounting for the indi vidual record pockets that is of simple and inexpensive constructiomyet strong and reliable. The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following detailed description, and the distinctive features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a phonograph cabinet embodying the invention, a portion thereof being broken away in vertical section to better show the features of novelty;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the cabinet;

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a partial section at the same point further illustrating the manner of moving the. record pockets to permit inspection of the records;

5 is a side elevation of an individual record pocket;

Fig. 6 is a front edge view thereof;

Fig. 7 is an elevation showing the pintle and hinge mounting for the record pockets;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary section on line 8-8 of Fig. 5 on a relatively enlarged scale; and

Fig. 9 is an elevation on a reduced scale of a paper blank adapted for making the record pocket of the invention. a

10 indicates a phonograph cabinet which may be. of usual or suitable construction. In the lower portion of this cabinet, a slide drawer 11 is mounted on ways 12 so that it may be pulled out at the front of the cabinet.

Parenteral-cs.

This drawer has a rear upright'wall 13, the front and sidesthereofbeing lcft'open. To this rear wall at the top and bottom thereof are secured'channel bars '14, 15, these being preferably andas' shown, of U-shapedcross section opening at the front. The upper and lower sides of these channel bars are perforated at relatively" close: intervals as.

pockets. These pintle pins have applied thereto, adj acent the top and bottom thereof, metallic leaf members 18, 19, these members being folded around the rods 17 at an'interv mediate point with the extremities thereof p pressed together side side. The record pocket 20 is produced of a stout paperblank 2O folded upon itself along-the line 21. This blank is of a height somewhat greater than that of the pocket, providing flaps 22,

23 which are folded inward in overlapping relation and in'a manner to close and reinforce the top and bottom of the pocket as indicated at 24. The hinge leaves 18, 19 are inserted through slits 25 adjacent the lines 26, 27 upon which the flaps 22, 23 respectively are folded, so that these hinge leaves lie within the folds of theflaps at top and bottom. The folds of the pocket and the hinge leaves are secured and held 1n assembled relation by means of eyelet-s 28' the record for convenient removal, and it may have a central aperture 32in accordance with the usual construction.

At each side of theseries of record pockets thus pivotally engaged with the channel bars 14, 15.:lpreferably provide protective plates 33 either of thin metal or stout cardboard, these being pivoted bysuitable pintles to the last apertures 16 at the ends of the channel bars;

In use, when it is desired to select a record, the drawer 11 is pulled out, so that the channel bars 14. 15, are substantially flush "ith the front of the cabinet, and so that the pockets may be parted at any selected point and swung outward toward the respective sides as indicated in Figure 4, affording free access to any given record for inspection and removal thereof. The channel bars 14, 15

secured to the back 13 provide a strong and rigid mounting for the pintle rods 17, and I the individual pockets are supported thereon free of one another and adapted for any requlred manipulatlon 1n the most convenient.

durable, though simple and inexpensive to produce, the integral reinforced edges provided by the flaps 22, 23 united to the metallie hinge leaves atthe inner ends thereof reinforcing the pocket throughout and insuring a pocket of maximum strength, and of little weight. I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. A phonograph cabinet comprising a 2. A record pocket comprising a sheet folded upon itself with its edges at top and bottom folded down and up respectively in overlapping relation to reinforce thesame, and a pintle rodbearing hinge leaves secured to said reinforced edges.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatur in presence of two witnesses. l

EUGENE o. BRIGGS.

Witnesses:

HENRY C. THoMsoN, LILLIAN K. HALEY. 

